[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[more of this post was recovered on 13 October 2018]
You can blame Paul for this, but here we go:
1: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: You enter these seven digits as your password. (See Figure 2.1.) If you have a password
2: Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?: Two bottle caps.
3: What is the last thing you watched on TV?: I can’t even remember the last time I watched TV.
4: WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what the time is: 11:40?
5: Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?: 11:37
6: With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?: The other computer. A truck backing up. A generator. A woman’s footsteps. A bus. Quiet chattering. A woman coughing.
7: When did you last step outside? Outside? That’s like here, but with lower resolution, isn’t it? I guess it must have been yesterday sometime.
8: Before you came to this website, what did you look at?: An SSH shell.
9: What are you wearing?: Black …